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Category: Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG Rewards Club)
Review of Holiday Inn Express & Suites Ottawa Airport
I must admit, we arrived in the room pretty late, so I forgot to take pictures of the room before unpacking. Once I remember to take a picture, I did however get to snap a picture of one of the two beds:
This...
Best Price Guaranteed: Booking With Third Party versus Direct
Most people believe that third party sites such as Priceline and Expedia offer the best prices in terms of hotel room rates, but is this really the case? With the Best Price Guaranteed policy offered by...
IHG PointsBreak (October 26, 2015 – January 31, 2016)
IHG Rewards has released another set PointsBreak offers that is valid from October 26, 2015 to January 31, 2016. This has always been my favourite hotel promotion, which reduces the number of points...
It is no secret that credit card sign up bonuses are one of the easiest and quickest ways to earn a lot of points to help jump-start your loyalty account. As you may already know, there are only a handful...
InterContinental Hotel and Starwood in Merger Talks
According to Bloomberg, there seems to be early talks on the topic of merging Starwood Hotels and Resorts (Starwood) with InterContinental Hotels (IHG) into one major corporation. The collaboration of...
IHG PointsBreak (July 27, 2015 – October 31, 2015)
IHG Rewards has released another set PointsBreak offers that is valid between July 27, 2015 and October 31, 2015. Sometimes the promotion is good for around 2 months, this time it is good for 3 months.
Essentially,...
IHG Rewards has finally released its newest and highest elite status called Spire (does this mean: “stand out amongst the others”?) Personally, the name sounds a little bizarre, but I think...
[PROMOTION] IHG PointsBreak (May 26, 2015 – July 31, 2015)
IHG Rewards has released its next round of hotels that are included in the PointsBreak offer, that will run between May 26, 2015 and July 31, 2015.
For this offer, IHG reduces the number of points required...
List of Requirements for Attaining Hotel Elite Status (updated May 22, 2015)
Hotel elite statuses can be very valuable to some people. There are essentially 3 different ways to achieve hotel elite status, through nights, points or stays.
A night is self-explanatory, you need...
IHG Rewards is updating its reward change with many changes that go into effect today, May 1, 2015. Last year, only 2 Canadian hotels were affected. This year, there were 6 hotels that dropped in the...
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